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Boot Record Infector

nounid 1693·updated May 9, 2026
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A boot record infector is a piece of malware that inserts malicious code into the boot sector of a disk.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Boot Record Infectors
possessive
Boot Record Infector's
pluralpossessive
Boot Record Infectors'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A boot record infector is a piece of malware that inserts malicious code into the boot sector of a disk.

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